Guide: How To Detect and Mitigate the Log4Shell Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)

Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Linker Script

Little C++ Standard Library Utility: std::align

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Soup? Here's today's issue. ==================================================================== Guide: How To Detect and Mitigate the Log4Shell Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) Published: 13 December 2021 Tags: infosec Pretty big news about the Log4Shell vulnerability, mostly because it's so prevalent. If you haven't heard it, check out this article by Free Wortley, Forrest Allison, and Chris Thompson that aims to inform you on trusted sources for information regarding the exploit and how to determine if you're affected/mitigate the issue if you are. ==================================================================== Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Linker Script Published: 1 June 2021 Tags: linker script Linker files are used by the lowest level software (firmware, kernels, and drivers) and "is like a template for the final executable". In this extensive article, Miguel Young de la Sota dives deep into what linker files actually do and how. ==================================================================== Little C++ Standard Library Utility: std::align Published: 13 December 2021 Tags: cpp Learning about obscure features in a language can save you a lot of time when you stumble across a problem that it was built for. Lesley Lai's article introduces the std::align feature in C++ and explores its functionality by implementing an arena allocator as an example of its use. Want to help? Thank you for reading! If you enjoy the newsletter, I would really appreciate you helping me spread the word by forwarding this to your friends and colleagues! If you want to discuss or comment on this issue, head on over to this page at A Byte of Coding. You can also subscribe there if you're new! Have comments or feedback? Just reply to this email or hit me up on Twitter @AByteOfCoding. Email landed in your promotions tab? Please move it over to primary so you don't miss the latest issues in the future. Thanks for your Support!  Thanks to sponsors and supporters like Євген Грицай, Scott Munro, zturak, pek, Emil Hannesbo, and Joe Hill this newsletter is provided to you for free. If you'd like to also show your support and buy me a monthly meal, you can donate on the Patreon page. It's not necessary, but it lets me know that I'm doing a good job and that you're finding value in the content.

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